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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. Chicago, IL 2003 xi + 2067 pp. ISBN 0 85229 964 8 L49.99/$59.95
Keyword Encyclopedias
Review DOI 10.1108/09504120310503656
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., is not noted for its modesty: "First published in 1768 ... long been the standard by which all other reference works are judged ... tradition of excellence ... meticulous scholarship and unmatched attention to detail". Yet behind this hype we find stated also "The original edition of this book, created in conjunction with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, was published in 2000 as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Encyclopedia". Wanting to learn more, I was pleased to find an entry for Encyclopaedia Britannica itself. Quite right too - I'm always forgetting which edition was the "scholar's edition", the one that all good reference librarians should keep in their stacks (it...